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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Landscape Maintenance
Vendor: Service Sanitation, Inc., Homewood, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to amend the Placement and Servicing of Portable Toilets in Region 3 (Southwest Region) by exercising our third cleaning option during peak season (May 1st through September 30th) for the Service Sanitation, Inc. contract.
Good(s) or Service(s): Placement and Servicing of Portable Toilets in Region 3 (Southwest Region)
Original Contract Period: 11/1/2021 - 10/31/2024; three (3) year contract with two (2) one-year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $300,900.00
Original Approval: 9/21/2021, $300,900.00
Previous Increase(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $130,000.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2023 $64,000.00, FY 2024 $66,000.00
Accounts: Professional Services 51001.520840; Operations and Maintenance 51001.540380; Supplies and Materials 51001.530267; Special or Co-op Programs 51001.521448; Grant and Mitigation 51010.521444; Resource Ecology 51001.521449; Special Events 51001.520635; and Property Maintenance and Operations 51051.560105
Contract Number(s): #74000009628 issued under Project #21-52-103 (Rebid)
Concurrences: The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final contract amendment is subject to legal review and approval.
The contract-specific Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise goals for this contract was set to zero.
District(s): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 16, 17
Summary: The peak of patron use at the Forest Preserves is during spring and summer months. During the peak season (May 1st through September 30th), our Portable Toilets are cleaned two (2) times a week in Region 3. In our strategic effort to increase patronage and improve the cleanliness, sanitation, and aesthetics of our groves and public areas, the Forest Preserves would like to exercise its option to increase the amount of weekly cleaning of Portable Toilets from two (2) times per week to three (3) times per week during this season.
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